Thursday, August 30, 2012

A Crafts Room Reclaimed!

For a while now, I have been wanting to fix up my crafts room. I have been perusing all of the studios/crafts rooms of everyone online while wishing I had a place like that.

The thing is, I do. Or at least I did when we first moved into this house.

We bought the house in the spring of 2009, and I made sure that one of the rooms was designated for all of my crafting. I even painted it a rather creatively inspiring shade of orange called "pumpkin pleasure"( we have a rather intense love of all things Halloween in my family).

{Thinking of taking down the doors and placing a desk or work table in the closet to increase work space}

I hung some artwork on the wall (paintings by my grandmother and uncle), a shelf, and plopped in some furniture.

That's right, "plopped". I don't think I really knew how I wanted to use any of it, and what my main focus would be. I love to paint, though I haven't done it in years, and I love drawing with oil sticks. In recent years I have gotten into machine sewing. I also started working with mosaics and jewelry making. When you combine that with my love of crocheting, embroidery and handsewing, I really didn't know what kind of set up I should have.

For the most part I seem to work best in the living room on the couch with my family. I don't really need a separate room to do that. The problem is that my supplies have sort of exploded into the living room and taken over. I would like to have a space that is specifically set up for all of my supplies so that they can finally be organized. It would also be great to have a little space in there set up for me to create. A place where I can craft with my daughter; where we can paint, color, and do all kinds of crafty things. I would also love a comfy seat or rocking chair to crochet in on occasion.

The room is not very large though, and there is quite a bit in it already (besides the boxes and bags of storage items that took over). Some furniture needs to go, and some needs to be brought in, but I am starting to visualize my perfect space. I must have it done this year!

These are all my original before photos. I don't dare share the photos of it now! It has sadly become a storage unit. Picture some furniture with about 20 boxes and bags full of clothes we no longer wear.

About Me

Single mom, crocheter, artist, avid reader, and lover of all things crafty. While I mostly post on crochet related topics, I like to sneak in other crafts, tutorials, recipes, good books and life events.

I currently sell my crochet patterns on Ravelry and Craftsy. Be sure to check them out!